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77623

ZIP 77623 is High Island, Texas, in Galveston County; area code 409; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Galveston
Population
585
Coordinates
29.5613, -94.4140
☼ Live from 77623 — High Island, TX

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Where 77623 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 77623
  • 🔢 Type 77623 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EZgLL — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 77,623 = 7 × 13 × 853. Its digits add up to 25, a total 2,242 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10010111100110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 77622 (Hamshire, TX, 22 mi away) and 77624 (Hillister, TX, 78 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 77623 becomes 32677, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 22 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (26377, 27376, 32767, 32776, 36277, 36727, …). The farthest-flung twin is 26377 in Jacksonburg, WV, 1,040 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 94% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 67%.
  • 🎯748 miles south of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 77623 and you would come out at 29.56°S, 85.59°E — 1,402 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 15m.
  • 📏 At 14.7 square miles of land, 77623 is bigger than 32% of ZIP codes — room for about 11 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population585This ZIP585
Households253This ZIP253
Housing units307This ZIP307
Median age58.3This ZIP58.3Texas35.6US 38.9
Median household income$88,375This ZIP$88,375Texas$78,476US $80,734
Median gross rent$566This ZIP$566Texas$1,403US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher19.6%This ZIP19.6%
Mean commute29.3 minThis ZIP29.3 min
Population density39.8 / sq miThis ZIP39.8 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments5This ZIP5
Employees17This ZIP17
Annual payroll$484,000This ZIP$484,000

Land area

Land area14.68 sq miThis ZIP14.68 sq mi
Water area0.51 sq miThis ZIP0.51 sq mi

Other place names in 77623

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 77623

ZIPCityDistance
77617 Gilchrist, TX 4.0 mi
77661 Stowell, TX 15.4 mi
77514 Anahuac, TX 15.4 mi
77665 Winnie, TX 15.8 mi
77650 Port Bolivar, TX 17.2 mi
77622 Hamshire, TX 22.2 mi
77560 Hankamer, TX 23.5 mi
77597 Wallisville, TX 25.1 mi
77641 Port Arthur, TX 26.1 mi
77550 Galveston, TX 27.6 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 77623?

77623 is in High Island, Texas, in Galveston County, part of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan area. Its published point location is 29.5613, -94.4140.

What county is 77623 in?

77623 lies in Galveston County.

What area code is 77623?

High Island uses area code 409, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 77623 in?

77623 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 77623?

About 585 people live in ZIP code 77623, in 253 households, at 39.8 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 77623?

$88,375 a year, against $78,476 across Texas.

What ZIP codes are near 77623?

The closest are 77617 (4 mi), 77661 (15.4 mi), 77514 (15.4 mi), 77665 (15.8 mi) and 77650 (17.2 mi).

Is 77623 a PO Box ZIP code?

77623 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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